2025 Legal hiring trends: what legal managers are looking for
The current hiring focuses are as follows:
43 per cent of legal managers are hiring new staff for permanent roles
54 per cent are focused on backfilling permanent roles that have been vacated
Most – 98 per cent – of Canadian hiring managers are struggling to find skilled legal talent
Strategic priorities for legal hiring in 2025
Here’s what’s topping the agenda of leaders in the legal sector:
For law firms:
Expanding into new specializations or practice areas
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
Retention and succession planning
AI and legal technology integration
For legal departments:
Technology implementation and automation
AI innovation and governance
Legal optimization and efficiency
Environmental, social and governance efforts